I'm looking for recommendations for a server motherboard.
The server is basically going to be used as a Satellite TV recorder and general media storage. I think the TV server software will be TVheadend unless someone can recommend something better. It also needs to run LMS Squeezebox software and probably JRiver. All the TV programmes will be edited to remove commercials etc. so I don't think it needs to do any transcoding. I'll probably use Emby too.
I'd like to use an existing ATX case and the ATX form factor also gives me the option to add other expansion cards.
The main requirement is for something that uses as little power/energy as possible given that it will be on a lot of the time.
I'd like to be able to try out running virtualisation software on the machine, but the Satellite TV card manufacturer says it is not possible to use the TV tuner card in a virtual environment. If the server supports virtualisation passthrough I'm not sure why this is not possible and the TV card manufacturer did not seem to be able to explain this.
I have seen some Supermicro boards that use AMD processors that look great but they only seem to be available in mini-ITX.
A SAS port to allow one cable to multiple Sata drives would be great. I'm not sure if I'm using the correct terms but hopefully everyone knows what I mean.
Any advice much appreciated.
The server is basically going to be used as a Satellite TV recorder and general media storage. I think the TV server software will be TVheadend unless someone can recommend something better. It also needs to run LMS Squeezebox software and probably JRiver. All the TV programmes will be edited to remove commercials etc. so I don't think it needs to do any transcoding. I'll probably use Emby too.
I'd like to use an existing ATX case and the ATX form factor also gives me the option to add other expansion cards.
The main requirement is for something that uses as little power/energy as possible given that it will be on a lot of the time.
I'd like to be able to try out running virtualisation software on the machine, but the Satellite TV card manufacturer says it is not possible to use the TV tuner card in a virtual environment. If the server supports virtualisation passthrough I'm not sure why this is not possible and the TV card manufacturer did not seem to be able to explain this.
I have seen some Supermicro boards that use AMD processors that look great but they only seem to be available in mini-ITX.
A SAS port to allow one cable to multiple Sata drives would be great. I'm not sure if I'm using the correct terms but hopefully everyone knows what I mean.
Any advice much appreciated.